I bet most people hate the foster job because of having to touch small children when touch is so taboo, so I bet Abeille absolutely thrives here. Mr. Acier probably put her here to make bet miserable but she’s going to be awesome.

Pioneer towns have it harder to get fosters than cafeteria personnel. He might just be checking whether it is feasible to get his ducks in a row. Not everybody is a boss just because of being bad at it.

I think most people are theorizing the worst because Acier has consistently tried to keep Miel chained to work rather than letting him have a healthy work/life balance. It looks an awful lot like Acier either had a thing for Miel or wants to keep him as a workaholic. (And honestly I would hope that on average the future has better management practices than thinking that’s healthy.)

Except they addressed that already and forgave each other. The parting scene of that forgiveness was Abielle giving Poppy a hug and then showing her be hand in hand to a very lost child Poppy that lived inside. Poppy was part of foster care. Poppy said that the conversation (and hug) was why she was leaving the company to rethink things. Her giving a better foster care experience when those two ideas merge not only make sense, but is a direct result of her meddling and eventual understanding. Improvement does not mean people DESERVE forgiveness and doesn’t change the past – but she already got it from the person she wronged.

B) I think this is a really lovely touch to her arc, too – I think it may truly get to the heart of her hurt, what a healing path! I didn’t understand originally why she was so keen to quit her gardener job, I thought it was more of her jumping around between things like she mentioned with planets. This is a nice surprise, and I hope she’s found her ‘thing’.

C) Acier what are you up to….I feel like we haven’t seen quite enough of him to know motivation here. I can see it being romantic, but it also just seemed to me like the guy’s a lonely workaholic, and Miel was company. Either way, this sure does feel like a malicious abuse of authority…but one I hope will be foiled by Abielle’s openness to the world.